decimal string to float php code example

Example 1: convert a value to a float in php

$stringVal = "12.06";
$stringConvertedToFloat = floatval( $stringVal );
// The floatval function will return the argument converted
// to a float value if the value can be converted.
// IF the value cannot be converted these are the values that will be
// returned:
// Empty Array: returns 0. eg: floatval([]);
// Non-Empty Array: returns 1. eg: floatval(["ab", "12"])
// String with a non-numeric value as the left most character: returns 0. eg: floatval("ab12")
// String with one or more numeric values as the left most characters: returns those characters as a float. eg: floatval("12ab1") will return 12.
// Oh the joys of php

Example 2: number format to float php

$num = '1,200,998.255';

########## FOR FLOAT VALUES ###########################

echo filter_var($num, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT, FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION);

#output  : 1200998.255

########## FOR INTEGER VALUES ###########################

echo filter_var($num, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);

#output  : 1200998